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Old 16-02-2006, 06:29 AM
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Titan Rotating in InfraRed

An excellent image on APOD today, showing an animated GIF of Titan rotating. The images were taken by the Cassini spacecraft in Infrared light.

An interesting fact I didn't previously know, or think about, is that Titan's rotation is locked, always showing the same face to Saturn - the same as our own moon.

See the pic here:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060215.html
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